HOUSE BILL 129
By Hazlewood SENATE BILL 147
By Watson AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3,
Chapter 1, relative to legislative sessions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
Whenever a written request to convene for an extraordinary session is initiated by members of the senate and the house of representatives in accordance with the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 8, signatures by the members may be provided electronically. The use of an electronic signature has the same validity and effect as the use of a signature affixed by hand.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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